new strain of the UK virus that has infected them."A total of 2,500 people have come (from the UK), of them 1,638 have been tested.
According to information I received last night 14 of them have tested positive. All the 14 (samples) have been sent to NIMHANS for (genetic sequencing)," Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Saturday said.While speaking to reporters in the state, Sudhakar said that the Central government has notified 10 designated labs in India for genetic sequencing, out of them two are in Bengaluru- NIMHANS and National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)."The 14 samples are undergoing genetic sequencing.